late night song

Chapter 56
At the birthday banquet, Emperor Ming was furious and walked away. The guests and friends at the banquet had to disperse. The three family members of Prince Qin's palace also followed the frame and returned directly to the house.

After the queen returned to her palace, she first ordered people to burn the torn veil, and then called her cronies. After a few words of secrets, she was willing to take a breath. She rubbed her temples and kept thinking about all the details of the banquet. I was wondering who was the instigator of what happened today.

On the carriage driving to Prince Qin's Mansion, Qi Jian was restless and silent, and Gu Yuchu, who was sitting next to him, was also thinking a lot.

The silk fabric Wang Jinyu gave her was still on her body. She thought about it thousands of times, but in the end she couldn't bear to let Qi Jian's years of planning go wrong in the slightest.

Who made that piece of silk at the banquet?
Judging from the reactions of Emperor Ming and Qi Jian, the letter in the jade cong seems to be genuine.

At the critical moment of establishing the crown prince, this letter was thrown out, which undoubtedly ruined the possibility of King Qin inheriting the throne in the simplest way.

Gu Yuchu couldn't help but be afraid. If he made a desperate move, he was afraid that he would fall into the hands of a traitor and push Kaiji into a situation of no return.

From the bandits causing trouble to the theft of the Glazed Golden Pagoda, to the discovery of Yi Fei's handwriting, the target of the mastermind behind this could not be clearer. Who can know the details of the old case so well, and who has such great ability. Stirring up the storm in Dongqi with just one hand?
While he was deep in thought, someone knocked on the carriage window, bringing Gu Yuchu back from his thoughts.He opened the curtain and saw Xiao Guang, Emperor Ming's personal guard. He came to convey the Emperor Ming's oral instructions and ordered King Qin to enter the palace immediately to see him.

Without giving Gu Yuchu a word of explanation, Qi Jie got off the carriage and rode away with Xiao Guang.

What was the purpose of Emperor Ming's secret summoning of Qi Jie at this time? !
This made Gu Yuchu start to worry about his safety. Could it be that Emperor Ming wanted to deal with Qi Jian secretly?

But then she thought about it, this possibility was very small.

Times have changed, and the King of Qin is able to survive today despite the old cases of the year. It is the cultivation of Emperor Ming. The old cases are as bad as they are, and even if they are revealed today, they will not be worse than they were then.

What's more, the reappearance of Concubine Yi's handwriting is the most unfavorable for Qi Jie. No one would be stupid enough to poke his or her most unbearable sore spot in public, violating Emperor Ming's deepest taboo.

Therefore, everyone is suspected of what happened today, except King Qin.

In this regard, although Gu Yuchu had 1 questions in his mind, he was relieved a lot as he estimated that there was no danger in Qi Zhu's trip.

She took out the silk silk given to her by Wang Jinyu from her arms, held it tightly in her hand, rested her head on the window lattice, closed her eyes, and followed the carriage bumping all the way back home.

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In the Xingxin Palace, Emperor Ming held the silk and the golden ball in his hands and was in a daze, not even noticing when he entered the palace.

He had already dismissed everyone, and there were only two of them, father and son, in the spacious hall.

After a while, Emperor Ming came to his senses and said softly: "You are here."

"What do you want from me?" Qi Jian threw aside the rules in front of everyone and didn't even call him father.

"Please read this letter." Emperor Ming didn't care about this.

Qi frame took it and looked at it carefully. It was indeed her mother-in-law's handwriting. Even the plum blossoms on the silk were her mother-in-law's favorite.

But who would be stupid enough to write a letter that would lead to his own death in such an obvious way? !

"You should know this is false." Qi Jian said without politeness.

"Of course I know, but..." Emperor Ming hesitated a little, not knowing what he was thinking, "This handwriting does belong to your mother and concubine."

Qi Jian didn't reply, which was what he couldn't understand the most. It had been 15 years since that incident. Could it be that the person who wrote it was still alive, otherwise it would be difficult to explain.

"Xiao Zhen, do you think your mother-in-law is... is it possible that she is still alive?" Emperor Ming's eyes were moist and he asked cautiously. His tone did not sound like an emperor who had power over the world. He was clearly A lonely person who has lost his loved one and lives with guilt every day.

Qi Jian was furious and asked loudly: "Don't you know who forced her to jump into that deep well?"

Emperor Ming's eyes were red and he remained silent.

"But this plum blossom pattern and this handwriting!" He still didn't give up. "If you have the intention, why is it so difficult to imitate other people's handwriting? After all, you still don't believe her. If so, just think that she is still the same treasonous sinner."

Qi Jian stood angrily and his eyes were red. He felt sorry for his mother and wasted his lifelong love by mistake.

"Xiao Zhan, I don't ask you to understand, but every day I lose your mother is extremely painful for me." Emperor Ming was not angry because of Qi Zhan's rude words. On the contrary, he rarely took off his disguise and said, Be honest with yourself.

"Then what crazy things are you talking about that she is still alive!" Qi Jian's tone became more serious.

"If that letter back then was fake, maybe this one today might be true?" Emperor Ming said dejectedly.

"The letter back then has been burned, how can this letter today be authentic?!" Qi Jian was furious and retorted.

As soon as he finished speaking, Emperor Ming reached out and handed a wooden box to him.

"That letter from back then is here alone."

I was shocked when I opened the frame. I took it and opened it immediately, looking at it carefully several times.

"This piece of silk and pen and ink are the most ordinary. Except for the handwriting being exactly the same as that of your mother and concubine, there is nothing special about it. I left it alone just to find some flaws, but I found nothing after so many years."

"So, when will you return her innocence?" Qi Jian asked directly, not wanting to waste time questioning his intentions.

"Now is not the time." Emperor Ming sighed faintly, feeling very weak.

"It's been 15 years, she can't rest in peace, she has no soul to rely on, and you still say it's not the right time?!" Qi Jian sneered and looked at this cruel man coldly.

"Gude is first the king of a country in Dongqi, and then Xinyi's husband, your father!"

Faced with Qi Jie's aggressiveness, Emperor Ming was a little angry.

"One day when you sit on this dragon chair, you will understand the exhaustion of these thousands of people and the hardship and loneliness that no one can appreciate."

"So what? I don't care what you think, I will repay the revenge of the past a hundred times." Qi Jian ignored Emperor Ming's secret promise, said these cruel words, and strode out of the hall.

Zhang Mengyi, who originally wanted to comfort Emperor Ming and regained his favor, hid quietly outside the palace and listened to the conversation between the two completely. She was so confused that she couldn't calm down for a long time.

Listening to Emperor Ming's words, he secretly agreed to King Qin's position of unification. I am afraid that Emperor Ming had already known the arrangements for setting up the frame and sending him into the palace.

Although she had long understood that she was just Chang Xinyi's substitute, she always looked forward to some sincerity from Emperor Ming, which was so ridiculous now that she thought about it.

On the surface, their father and son are testing each other, but in fact they are really connected. So how come the motto of establishing their own children as princes is just using their own belly to attract those with evil intentions in the harem to sit on pins and needles and expose themselves. That’s all.

He was just a chess piece, being used again and again. The most pitiful thing was that his two children were destined not to be born safely early in the morning.

Zhang Mengyi stood in panic, not knowing how to walk back to his Haoyue Palace.

Under this moonlight, the huge harem seemed to be surrounded by greenery and resplendent, but in fact it was the most real hell in the world, the largest slaughterhouse, and her sincerity under Duckweed's fate had been devalued to such an extent.

It was midnight when Qi Jie returned to the house. Gu Yuchu waited at the door of the study for a long time. When he saw him walking in from a distance, his face was pale, but he hid for some reason.

Qi Jian also knew that Gu Yuchu was hiding nearby, but he really had no intention of chatting and laughing with her, so he pretended not to notice, went straight into the study, and extinguished the candle. However, he did not fall asleep directly, but sat slumped in front of the desk. Thoughtful until dawn.

It was also that night that Dali Temple led people to take Mo Huai Gong into custody overnight. After a night of severe torture, he refused to confess even half a cent.

This was not because Mo Huai Gong was unyielding and loyal, but because the lives of his family were all in the hands of Prince Ning, and he had no choice but to bear the sword and the sea of ​​fire in order to save his family's life.

(End of this chapter)